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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    I honestly cannot imagine going somewhere and not trying what they are renown for.
    partly but actually most of the best stuff is away from the tourist hotspots imo. In France for example i love going to a village and there you'll get a bar cum resto and it'll just have one dish on, say pot au fue and that's take it or leave it but invariably it'll be cheap and delicious. I hunt down the same in Spain, Italy and Germany etc and you'll come across regional dishes you'll not see anywhere in books etc - homecooked food like mama makes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    Why do you not try contributing, and letting us all know what you would be looking for to eat in New York.

    As for roast beef in UK - fuck yes. But also welsh lamb, dover sole, dressed crab, halibut and a few other things (probably including a curry to be honest).

    In France I will try to go for Duck confit, oysters, snails and moules mariniere and frites.

    Louisiana was po'boy, red beans and rice and jambalaya.

    China was Chinese food (regional), Japan was Japanese food and so on.

    I honestly cannot imagine going somewhere and not trying what they are renown for.
    NY is renowned for its diversity and that was the aim of the game.

    And if you wanna talk about what it's famous for, as i said before, I certainly managed my fair share of $1 pizza slices and even the occasional hot dog and burger. Apart from a possible trip to Katz, the stuff you mentioned didn't really interest me.

    More pics to come...when I can be arsed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    ^ Because they don’t use frozen beef for their 1/4 lb burgers?

    Otherwise, same all over the world!
    I actually had a McDonalds too! No pics though.

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    Hal you did your best to overflow the seat next to you on the return flight. Its only happened twice to me on flights where i was left with basically 3/4 of my seat. Once on an internal flight in the US, thankfully short and once from Qatar to Indonesia and that was a nightmare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    NY is renowned for its diversity and that was the aim of the game.
    Exactly, and watching old Bourdain episodes about NYC really shows that the sheer size of it and the five boroughs all who have amazing food available. Did you get out to Brooklyn or Queens by any chance?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bsnub View Post
    Exactly, and watching old Bourdain episodes about NYC really shows that the sheer size of it and the five boroughs all who have amazing food available. Did you get out to Brooklyn or Queens by any chance?
    Yes. I've got some pics of the Brooklyn Bridge and us eating something sweet there. Eating. Again. There were some really smart bars in a converted warehouse that we were sat outside too. The earlier picture (with the bird's arse) was taken there.

    I was also in Queens on my last night because I stayed at my wife's cousin's before flying back the next day. We just had a walk though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by malmomike77 View Post
    Hal you did your best to overflow the seat next to you on the return flight. Its only happened twice to me on flights where i was left with basically 3/4 of my seat. Once on an internal flight in the US, thankfully short and once from Qatar to Indonesia and that was a nightmare.
    By the end of the week, I actually said I was tired of eating and drinking. I spunked almost 2 thousand pounds in 7 days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    I was also in Queens on my last night because I stayed at my wife's cousin's before flying back the next day. We just had a walk though.
    Good on ya for getting out of Manhattan as a lot of tourists never do make it out and that is a shame because the boroughs have so much to offer, especially in regard to ethnic cuisine.

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    Cool thread / pics.

    I'm stuck on the image of those hotdogs. I'd eat the shit outta them.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hallelujah View Post
    NY is renowned for its diversity and that was the aim of the game.
    All good. Just the first two that threw me. But different strokes and all that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AntRobertson View Post
    I'm stuck on the image of those hotdogs. I'd eat the shit outta them.
    ...that's probably what went into them...

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    Quote Originally Posted by tomcat View Post
    ...that's probably what went into them...
    You've gotta try them though, haven't you?

    Anyway, more pics here. This place was a saviour right next to the hotel.
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    I must have eaten a slice of pizza every day I was there. I was wondering how they make their money at that price, but then I woke up, having ordered 2 of everything when I was legless, and and realised that my bill was something like $28, so it wasn't actually a dollar.

    In the 7 days I was there, I only had one bad slice (in Greenwich Village) cos they burnt it. I still snaffled it though.
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    Tacos weren't at the top of my list, cos I was getting fantabulous stuff in Bogota, but I got a bit peckish one night and ordered these from the bar. I expected better, and this was one of the few things I regretted on my journey towards type 2 diabetes.

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    Not to worry though, the pub over the road was doing happy hour all night.

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    I was fascinated by the streets in NY, having seen them on so many TV programmes, and I was half expecting Edward Woodward to do some equalising and pop up out of a grid or something.

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    Quote Originally Posted by nidhogg View Post
    I honestly cannot imagine going somewhere and not trying what they are renown for.
    Indeed, I miss Spanish tapas in a dusty old bar in the middle of nowhere .
    I cant imagine travelling around Thailand and craving for homemade crumpets and Cottage pie when there's so much more tantalising treats for the taste buds as street food.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Indeed, I miss Spanish tapas in a dusty old bar in the middle of nowhere .
    I cant imagine travelling around Thailand and craving for homemade crumpets and Cottage pie when there's so much more tantalising treats for the taste buds as street food.
    The first time I went to Thailand I had a mate with me who refused to eat anything that wasn't "British." It wasn't so bad because there were about 8 of us to share the pain of eating out with him, but he was even criticising Ayam beans by the end of the trip because they didn't taste like home.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe 90 View Post
    Indeed, I miss Spanish tapas in a dusty old bar in the middle of nowhere .
    I cant imagine travelling around Thailand and craving for homemade crumpets and Cottage pie when there's so much more tantalising treats for the taste buds as street food.
    The sentiments of someone who’s only a traveller in his imagination. Have you ever eaten a Thai breakfast? Joke or Fishballs?

    Doubtless the fact that I put up a photo of home made crumpets a few days ago is neither here nor there, so have a nice evening getting hammered alone in your Staffordshire shed.

    Again.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    The sentiments of someone who’s only a traveller in his imagination. Have you ever eaten a Thai breakfast? Joke or Fishballs?

    Doubtless the fact that I put up a photo of home made crumpets a few days ago is neither here nor there, so have a nice evening getting hammered in your Staffordshire shed.

    Again.
    Jok. Now there's a breakfast. Pretty hard to find though, innit? There was a woman who used to sell it when I lived in Sathorn, but she'd pick and choose her days, so you never knew when she'd be there.

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    Joke.

    Possibly Joak.

    Not ‘jok’.

    Arguing transliterations is dumb anyway, but still..you’re wrong.

    Never found it hard to find at all. Did you happen to meet a lot of drunken scots whenever you asked for it?

    If you were married to a Thai in Thailand you might feel you were never more than 10 metres away from the stuff.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Joke.

    Possibly Joak.

    Not ‘jok’.

    Arguing transliterations is dumb anyway, but still..you’re wrong.
    I had a feeling that would set you off.

    Morning Jok โจ๊ก (Thai Congee) - Comforting Rice Porridge

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    You googled, and think that proves you right?

    Have you ever even heard a Thai pronounce the word?

    ’Set off’

    You stick with your new found caledonian compadres in the morning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Joke.

    Never found it hard to find at all. Did you happen to meet a lot of drunken scots whenever you asked for it?
    I'll give you that one.

    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    If you were married to a Thai in Thailand you might feel you were never more than 10 metres away from the stuff.
    I had a few Thai girlfriends and we'd almost always eat noodles for breakfast or khao gaeng. I still look for it when I'm on holiday there, but I don't often see it.

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    Odd.

    Every time we go cycling I have to speed up to avoid it.

    I get home famished, but shit, the fitbit looks good.

    Then it’s time for home made crumpets and coffee on the balcony. And at the moment we’re basking in perfect temperatures with birds and squirrels for company.

    So fuck you speccy joe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Odd.

    Every time we go cycling I have to speed up to avoid it.

    I get home famished, but shit, the fitbit looks good.

    Then it’s time for home made crumpets and coffee on the balcony. And at the moment we’re basking in perfect temperatures with birds and squirrels for company.

    So fuck you speccy joe.
    Cy, Cy, Cy.

    We English need to stick together on here, given the bullying we have to endure . One for all and all for one!

    Anyway, here's a picture of my mate Jock Mcdougal from Aberdeen.

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    Ah yes, that’s exactly the sort of stuff that’s kept the wheels turning.

    Cat vomit with pork, raw egg and ginger, unless I’m much mistaken.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
    Ah yes, that’s exactly the sort of stuff that’s kept the wheels turning.

    Cat vomit with pork, raw egg and ginger, unless I’m much mistaken.
    Extra ginger with the cat sick and a little bag of prik nam som just to get the bowels moving in the morning.

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    That musty smell is the worst.

    Like something cooked up by one man and his sex doll.

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